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Hans Faber
Jul 23, 202330 min read
A Croaking Ode to the Haubarg by the Eiderstedter Nachtigall
Haubargs . Cathedral-like farmsteads with hipped-shaped roofs up to twenty meters high that were, and are, icons of the peninsula of...


Hans Faber
Oct 25, 20228 min read
Late Little Prayers at the Lorelei Rock
On the west bank of the mighty River Rhine, halfway between the cities of Koblenz and Mainz, lies the town of Sankt Goar. Named after...


Hans Faber
May 7, 202214 min read
To the end where it all began: ribbon Ribe in Jutland
Let's go to the omega. To the end of the Frisia Coast Trail . To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town in Scandinavia. A...


Hans Faber
Apr 24, 202160 min read
Happy Hunting Grounds in the Arctic
If you want to find out who’s responsible for killing the whale, the Frisia Coast Trail area is the prime spot to look. When you stop...

Hans Faber
Feb 10, 202134 min read
History is written by the victors – a story of the credits
New York City, the Capital of the World. Other names are Gotham, Modern Gomorrah, Big Apple, Empire City, and Baghdad-on-the-Subway. With...


Hans Faber
Jun 19, 202010 min read
Merciless Medieval Merchants and Slavers
Earliest proof of Frisian merchants, or kāpmon in the Old Frisian language, trading in slaves dates from the first half of the seventh...


Hans Faber
Apr 13, 202016 min read
The Batwing Doors of Northwest Europe
“Is seaport Maasvlakte the gateway of north-western Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it Vlaardingen?...


Hans Faber
May 12, 201926 min read
The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat
In this blog post, we'll explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...


Hans Faber
Jun 1, 201818 min read
Haute couture from the salt marshes
It was not the city of Parisius. Nor that of Lundenwic. Believe or not, the early-medieval center for expensive cloth and chique clothing...


Hans Faber
Jan 19, 201835 min read
Porcupines bore U.S. bucks
On May 5th, 2018, it was exactly two centuries ago that Karl Marx was born. When in 1867 the good man published the first part of Das...


Hans Faber
Dec 13, 201729 min read
In Debt to the Beastly Westfrisians
This blog post is about the harsh history of the 'beastly' Westfrisians, and especially those of the town of Medemblik. Medemblik, the...


Frans Riemersma
Aug 24, 20173 min read
Clinton: "I did not have financial relations with that village"
On May 28, 2011 Bill Clinton held a speech in Achlum. The village has some 600 inhabitants. Looks like a small audience to me. What was...
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